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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to information provided by an entity authorized to |
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commission, appoint, or employ law enforcement officers upon |
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creation of a law enforcement agency or a police department. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1701.162 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1701.162. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY COMMISSIONING |
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ENTITIES. (a) This section applies only to an entity authorized by |
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statute or by the constitution to create a law enforcement agency or |
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police department and commission, appoint, or employ officers that |
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first creates a law enforcement agency or police department and |
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first begins to commission, appoint, or employ officers on or after |
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September 1, 2009. |
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(b) The entity shall submit to the commission on creation of |
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the law enforcement agency or police department information |
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regarding: |
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(1) the need for the law enforcement agency or police |
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department in the community; |
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(2) the funding sources for the law enforcement agency |
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or police department; |
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(3) the physical resources available to officers; |
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(4) the physical facilities which the law enforcement |
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agency or police department will operate, including descriptions of |
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the evidence room, dispatch area, and public area; |
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(5) law enforcement policies of the law enforcement |
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agency or police department, including policies on: |
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(A) use of force; |
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(B) vehicle pursuit; |
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(C) professional conduct of officers; |
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(D) domestic abuse protocols; |
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(E) response to missing persons; |
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(F) supervision of part-time officers; and |
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(G) impartial policing; |
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(6) the administrative structure of the law |
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enforcement agency or police department; |
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(7) liability insurance; and |
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(8) any other information the commission requires by |
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rule. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |